Dissertations from 2006
Rediscovering the Delta a reassessment of the linkages between poverty, economic growth and public policy using geographically weighted regression analysis, Dominique Duval-Diop
Characterization of Beta-amyloid Peptide Aggregation and Acceleration with Non-fibrillar Forming Peptide-based Mediators, Nadia J. Edwin
Reading trauma in postmodern and postcolonial literature: Charlotte Delbo, Toni Morrison, and the literary imagination of the aftermath, Sylviane Finck
Compositional techniques in Thomas Kerr, Jr.'s Anguished American Easter, 1968 and their application to the theme of African American theology, Jane Fitz-Fitzharris
The impact of the Louisiana Master Gardener Program on the perceived and actual horticultural knowlede levels of program participants, Bobby Hugh Fletcher
Population biology and disturbance ecology of a native north American bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea), Paul R. Gagnon
Psychometric validity for the Matson Evaluation of drug side effects and the akathisia rating of movement scale, Mark Joseph Garcia
Syntheses and biological evaluation of water soluble carboranylporphyrins for application in boron neutron capture therapy, Vijay Gottumukkala
The effects of a multistrategy reading comprehension intervention on the reading skills of university athletes with reading deficits, Gerlinde Grandstaff-Beckers
The development of global awareness in elementary students through participation in an online cross-cultural project, Allen C. Grant
Molecular analysis of Vibrio vulnificus phase variants and characterization of a new biofilm-proficient rugose phenotype, Brenda L. Grau
Self-determination in injury rehabilitation: designing a climate for promoting adherence, Ryan Mark Green
Echinochloa polystachya management in Louisiana rice, Roy Matthew Griffin
Self-regulation in physical activity: understanding decisions that older adults make, Janene Marie Grodesky
The epidemiology of West Nile virus in Louisiana, Karen Ruth Gruszynski
Cryopreservation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection with bovine epididymal spermatozoa, Carlos Andres Guerrero
USE OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES FOR DENITRIFICATION IN RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS, Maria Teresa Gutierrez-Wing
The effects of perceptions on consumer acceptance of genetically modified (GM) foods, Jae-Hwan Han
Retrotransposon mediated genomic fluidity in the human and chimpanzee lineages, Kyudong Han
Stage(d) mothers: mother-daughter tropes in Twentieth-Century American drama, Kristin Hanson
Spatial characteristics of the remotely-sensed surface urban heat island in Baton Rouge, LA: 1988-2003, Lynn Copeland Hardegree
Liminality in gender, race, and nation in Les Quarteronnes de la Nouvelle-Orléans by Sidonie de la Houssaye, Christine Koch Harris
Factors which influence client satisfaction with the services of community development corporations, Shanta Harrison-Proctor
The lived experience of nurses working with student nurses in the acute care clinical environment, Donna Coffey Hathorn
Loading and recovery behavior of the human lumbar spine under static flexion, Guntulu Selen Hatipkarasulu
The intersection of news frames: examining the top two health problems in the United States, Lesa D'Anne Hatley
Re-examining the subculture of violence in the South, Timothy Curt Hayes
Spatial diversification, dividend policy, and credit scoring in real estate, Darren Keith Hayunga
A conductor's study of Ruth Watson Henderson's Voices of Earth, Ryan Jeffrey Hebert
Green Theatre: proto-environmental drama and the performance of ecological values in contemporary Western theatre, Kurt Gerard Heinlein
The perils of workplace recognition: antecedents and consequences of discomfort associated with being the target of threatening upward comparison, Stephanie Case Henagan
Exploring the hot-carrier effect on the wireless transceivers, Sameer R. Herlekar
Nutrient constraints on plant community production and organic matter accumulation of subtropical floating marshes, Guerry O., Jr. Holm Jr.
The choral music of Anthony Burgess and a conductor's study of four Anthony Burgess choral pieces, Randall L. Hooper
Ontology-based methodology for error detection in software design, Allyson M. Hoss
Intercarrier Interference Suppression for the OFDM Systems in Time-Varying Multipath Fading Channels, Xiaozhou Huang
Historical fire regimes in southeasern pine savannas, Jean Marie Huffman
Role of hydrocarbon pollutants, salinity, tidal height, bioenergetics and competition in colonization of oyster reefs by commensal assemblages, Yasoma Dhammika Hulathduwa
Art Informing Science Education: The Potential Contributions of Ornithological Illustration to Ecology Education, Vanessa Hunt
Peter Christoskov's Twelve Caprices for Solo Violin, opus 1: a historical and theoretical analysis of the work and its connection to Bulgarian folk music, Borislava A. Iltcheva
Attitudes des éducateurs envers le français et le créole: le cas d'Haïti, Lesly Jean-François
UV-LIGA micro-fabrication of inertia type electrostatic transducers and their application, Seok Jae Jeong
Distribution dynamics of complex systems, Young-Pyo Jeon
A delicate dance: autoethnography, curriculum, and the semblance of intimacy, Laura Marshall Jewett
Integrated circuit metrology by multilevel patterning technology, Li Jiang
Evolutionary patterns in snake mitochondrial genomes, Zhijie Jiang
Physical activity behavior of university students: an ecological approach, Lisa Gaye Johnson
Anti-Americanism: an exploration of a contested concept in Western Europe, Gregory Johnston
The effects of mini-conferencing prior to IEP meetings on parental involvement in the IEP process, Beth Ashby Jones
Red morningglory (Ipomoea coccinea L.) biology and management in sugarcane, Curtis A. Jones
Repression and reduction: the apparatchik's discourse in the works of Ammianus Marcellinus, Denis Diderot, Victor Serge and George Orwell, Jason Paul Juneau
Effective Inter-Organizational Information and Communication Technology Adoption in Business-to-Business Customer Interface, Sanna Maria Kallioranta
Writing as a cultural negotiation: a study of Mariama Bâ, Marie NDiaye and Ama Ata Aidoo, Catherine Afua Kapi
Phylogeny of Hinterhubera, Novenia and related genera based on the nuclear ribosomal (nr) DNA sequence data (Asteraceae: Astereae), Vesna Karaman
Vegetational Change and Land Degradation in the Lake Baringo Area, Kenya, During the Late Holocene: Evidence from the Paleorecord and Remote Sensing, Lawrence Morara Kiage
Who said "words can never hurt?": an investigation of child weight status, childhood psycosocial variables, and later adult quality of life, Holly Spencer Kihm
Classifying quadratic number fields up to Arf equivalence, Jeonghun Kim
Evaluating preference for reinforcers under varying schedule requirements in children with developmental disabilities, Tiffany Michelle Kodak
Assessment of interactions amoung viruses infecting sweetpotato, Charalambos D. Kokkinos
Population boundaries and gravitational-wave templates for evolving white dwarf binaries, Ravi Kumar Kopparapu
The effectiveness of virtual facilitation in supporting GDSS appropriation and structured group decision making, Harold Joseph Lagroue
Formal convention in Verdi's Falstaff, Joseph Salvatore La Rosa
A day in the PARC: an interactive qualitative analysis of school climate and teacher effectiveness through professional action research collaboratives, Shannon Lasserre-Cortez
The relationship between mania and feeding/mealtime behavior problems among persons with intellectual disability, Rinita Laud
Cultivar, juice extraction, ultra violet irradiation and storage influence the stilbene content of muscadine grapes (Vitis rotundifolia Michx.), Mark Rene' LeBlanc
Some Factors Affecting the Interfacial Interaction at Thermomechanical Pulp Fiber and Polypropylene Interphase, Sangyeob Lee
On moment conditions for the Girsanov Theorem, See Keong Lee
Reinscribing the Revolution: Genre and the Problem of National History in Early American Historical Novels, Joseph John Letter
Three essays on corporate acquisitions, bidders' liquidity, and monitoring, Huihua Li
Infrared laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: fundamental and applications, Mark Little
School effectiveness research in China, Shujie Liu
A neural network model for classification of coastal wetlands vegetation structure with Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (MODIS) data, Evaristo Joseph Liwa
Power analysis for a mixed effects logistic regression model, Yinmei Li
Electrodeposition of CoCu Nanostructures, Yutong Li
Application of polymeric microfluidic devices for separation of single-stranded DNA, Shawn Llopis
Development of Spanish L2 competence in a synchronous CMC (chat room) environment: the role of visually-enhanced recasts in fostering grammatical knowledge and changes in communicative language use, Francisco Ramon Lluna-Mateu
Electrodeposited metal matrix nanocomposites as thin films and high aspect ratio microstructures for MEMS, Alonso Lozano Morales
Data-driven fault detection using trending analysis, Min Luo
The relationship of crime and oil development in the coastal regions of Louisiana, Asha D. Luthra
Tribological Aspects of Journal Bearings Focusing on the Stribeck Curve, Xiaobin Lu
Politics of the personal in the old north state: Griffith Rutherford in Revolutionary North Carolina, James Matthew Mac Donald
A community approach to identifying essential fish habitat of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in Barataria Bay, LA, Pamela Sharon Dawn MacRae
Voix, mémoire et écriture: transmission de la mémoire et identité culturelle dans l'oeuvre de Fadhma et Taos Amrouche, Nathalie Malti
Entering the academy: exploring the socialization experiences of African American male, Dorian L. McCoy
Aerobic degradation assessment for the fungicide BAS 505 using batch and intact soil core methodologies, Jason Allan McDonald
The role of technology in the interactions between secondary school library media specialists and teachers, Shirley Benson McDonald
A mixed methods study of the implications of academic change related managerial decisions on university faculty teaching effectiveness and student success, Kelly Mulkey McFatter
Differential expression and detection of transcripts in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) using cDNA microarrays, Cecilia E. McGregor
Influence of surface chemistry on the aggregation of beta amyloid peptide, Mariah Joan Wooldridge McMasters
Factors influencing the participation in environmental stewardship programs: a case study of the agricultural and forestry sectors in Louisiana, Carrie Castille Mendoza
Socrates as citizen?: the implications of Socratic eros for contemporary models of citizenship, Jeremy John Mhire
Vitrification and dehydration for the preservation of gametes, Allison E. Moisan
Investigation into the dirhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation of 1-alkenes and preparation of a novel tetraphosphine ligand, Alexandre R. Monteil
Numerical techniques for Fresnel diffraction in computational holography, Richard Patrick Muffoletto
High harmonic generation by short laser pulses: time-frequency behavior and applications to attophysics, Mitsuko Murakami
Modeling the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on Atlantic croaker: understanding biomarkers and predicting population responses, Cheryl Anne Murphy
Integrating Micro-Scale Separations to Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption and Ioniation Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) for Protein Analysis, Harrison K. Musyimi